After transmigrating, he supported his family by working at a garbage dump.

"...His face was so swollen he couldn't even breathe properly, he could only exhale."

"They're so pitiful. What are they going to do? One only has a younger sister, and the other has a paralyzed mother. What will become of them?"

People were talking incessantly under the locust tree, their tone full of pity.

Li Quanfu said that the two young men had been sent back to Wang Dashan's home.

One of them was Wang Dazhuang's cousin named Dashan, and the other was Tiezhu's cousin named Erlang.

The group of friends were already close, and because they all had their own stories and shared similar experiences, they decided to go to the yamen (government office) together to ask for some reward money.

Tie Zhu couldn't go because he sprained his ankle, so only Wang Dashan and Erlang went.

Unexpectedly, the two were gone for two days and two nights. Erlang's mother was the first to notice something was wrong, but she was paralyzed and couldn't even lift her head, let alone go to find someone. She could only wait at home every day.

It was only when the neighbors heard it that they realized Erlang was missing.

Wang Dashan's sister knew where her brother had gone and went to look for him near the town government office, but she couldn't find him.

Finally, they met someone from the next village who happened to know Wang Dashan, and that's when they came back to inform the villagers.

As Xu Wenjie listened, he walked towards Wang Dashan's house, led by Li Quanfu.

Li Quanfu could handle this matter, but he felt more at ease with Xu Wenjie around, and he wanted to ask for his opinion.

Xu Wenjie understood what he meant.

Dashan just turned seventeen this year and lives with his fifteen-year-old sister.

As soon as the two entered the door, they heard Da Shan's younger sister, Zhu Xiang, crying to Old Lady Wang, "Grandma, my brother said just a few days ago at noon that he would use the reward money to help me prepare my dowry and find a good family for me to marry into in a grand manner... I'm so sorry to my brother, he did all this for me..."

Some of the two men's relatives gathered at Wang Dashan's house, discussing the matter in hushed tones, some sighing, others whispering pityingly.

The little girl cried so hard it broke everyone's hearts. Old Mrs. Wang wiped away her tears and choked out, "Don't think like that. I watched you two grow up. Your brother loves you the most..."

The two hugged each other, crying.

Wang Dazhuang was at a loss and paced anxiously, saying, "I should have stopped them that day!"

But who could have imagined that?

Zhu Xiang wiped away her tears, but couldn't stop crying: "Brother Da Zhuang, this has nothing to do with you."

Recalling his thoughts a few days ago when he saw the two of them heading to town, Xu Wenjie felt a suffocating sense of guilt and felt extremely apologetic.

He sighed deeply, realizing that he had over-interpreted things.

Upon closer inspection, Wang Dashan's face was swollen beyond recognition. The young man who had looked so clean and tidy just a few days ago was now unrecognizable, not to mention the injuries on his body.

Xu Wenjie then went to observe Erlang, who was standing to the side.

Jiro's injuries were much more severe than Daiyama's, although his facial injuries were less severe, making it easy to recognize him as Jiro.

That's why they were able to be recognized by people from the neighboring village in time, so they could come to their village to report the news.

Although Erlang's mother was only in her forties, she was paralyzed in bed, and no one dared to tell her, for fear of upsetting her. They only said that he had gone to work in the next village with Wang Dashan.

Xu Wenjie felt very uncomfortable seeing the two of them like this. If he hadn't brought up the reward money, they wouldn't have insisted on going to town to collect it, and this accident wouldn't have happened.

"Have you called a doctor?" Xu Wenjie asked in a muffled voice.

Li Quanfu gently lifted Wang Dashan's clothes, revealing horrifying strip-shaped wounds.

He couldn't help but sigh, "I've seen a doctor in town, but he couldn't figure out anything. He said it's damaged the internal organs, and told my family to prepare..."

As he spoke, Li Quanfu paused, looked at Zhu Xiang who was crying in Wang Laotai's arms, and whispered in her ear.

"Sigh... I was just saying I was going to go to the yamen to inquire about my brother-in-law, but I ran into this as soon as I stepped out the door. I don't know who could be so cruel. Everyone's guessing that he encountered robbers on his way back."

Xu Wenjie lowered his gaze and said softly, "It's hard to say."

Putting aside the rumors that there are no bandits here, if there were bandits, that would indeed be possible. But since they were willing to go to such lengths, wouldn't it have been faster to just kill them? Why leave them both alive? Aren't they afraid that if they were rescued, someone would report them to the authorities?

Xu Wenjie also looked at the injuries on Wang Dashan's body. They didn't seem to have appeared at the same time, and most of them were strip-shaped. What kind of robber would have the leisure to torture people like this?

The truth of all this may only be clear when the two of them wake up.

"How can he possibly wake up with injuries like this?"

Xu Wenjie's lips moved slightly. He had an idea in mind, but he still needed to go back and discuss it with Xu Zhuzhu.

After thinking for a moment, he said, "I do have a method, but I don't know if it will work."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Xiang, who had been crying with her head down and eyes red and swollen, immediately stood up and knelt down in front of Xu Wenjie with a "thump".

"Is this true?"

A faint spark ignited in Zhu Xiang's desperate eyes.

"Mr. Xu, you are a great philanthropist, a person blessed by the Bodhisattva. Please save my brother. I lost my mother when I was young, and my father starved to death last year to save food for my brother and me. Now my brother is my only family. I can't lose him too. I beg you, Mr. Xu..."

Old Mrs. Wang couldn't bear it either and spoke up for them: "Mr. Xu, these two siblings have been pitiful since they were little. If you have a way, please beg this child from the mountains!"

Xu Wenjie was somewhat helpless. He wasn't sure if the method would work, which was why he didn't speak so confidently.

“A few days ago, when the miracle doctor Dr. Bai came to treat my Zhuzhu, he said that I was destined to be with him and gave me a pill, saying that it could save lives in critical moments, but I don’t know if it will work.”

Upon hearing this, Zhu Xiang knelt down again and begged Xu Wenjie to save her life. Seeing Xu Wenjie's troubled expression, she crawled on her knees and pulled out a bag of broken copper coins from somewhere, which looked to be about two or three strings of cash.

He stuffed the money into Xu Wenjie's hand, saying, "This is all the savings my brother and I have accumulated over the years. As long as it can save my brother, this money is all yours."

Xu Wenjie naturally refused.

Seeing the deep bond between the two siblings, Xu Wenjie, now a father himself, couldn't bear it, but he couldn't guarantee anything, so he just said he would go home to get the medicine.

Li Quanfu looked completely bewildered; he had no recollection of when Doctor Bai had given Xu Wenjie the pills.

However, since Xu Wenjie said it exists, it must be true.

……

The Xu family courtyard at this time.

Xu An went to play with Deng Tuanyuan, while Xu Zhuzhu stayed home with her mother, waiting for news from her father.

Seeing her mother's worried face, probably thinking about her father's situation, she went over to tease her, "Mommy, don't worry, have a candy, it's delicious!"

Zhang He shook her head: "Zhuzhu, eat. Mother isn't hungry."

She was afraid that this matter would implicate Xu Wenjie, since the source was their family.

Xu Zhuzhu didn't care about any of that and stuffed it directly into her mother's mouth. Didn't they say that when girls are in a bad mood, eating some chocolate will make them happier?

Just yesterday, when I went to the garbage station, I found that I had exchanged the food waste bin for several bags of chocolate beans, which made her extremely happy.

Back then, the packaging paper she threw in didn't work, but this time it actually brought out something real. Xu Zhuzhu was overjoyed and wondered if God was rewarding her for punishing evil.

Naturally, no matter what, this is a rare item, and she was reluctant to make too many.

Zhang He had the chocolate bean in her mouth and thought it tasted pretty good. Although it was sticky and soft and a little bitter, it was very fragrant.

While he was eating absentmindedly, Xu Wenjie returned and explained what had happened.

Xu Zhuzhu was deeply moved after hearing this.

She roughly understood what her father meant. The red bead had healing abilities, but it had been dim and lifeless ever since that night, and she wasn't sure if it would have the same effect as before.

Zhang He suggested instead, "Let's just grab something to appease them for now. When it's late at night and no one's around, let Zhuzhu take the beads over to treat their injuries. If it works, it'll be a good deed. If it doesn't, it'll be a good thing we did."

After hearing about Wang Dashan's story, Zhang He also felt sorry for him. They were all good kids. She said indignantly, "If he really is a robber, he is truly hateful! I hope the authorities can catch him as soon as possible."

Whether or not we catch the person is another matter; saving lives is the priority.

Xu Wenjie searched the house for a long time before asking Xu Zhuzhu, "Zhuzhu, do you still have any of those pill-like things you brought back from over there yesterday?"

Chocolate beans!

Xu Zhuzhu looked at the packaging bag she had just thrown into the fire, and there was one left in her hand. She nodded.

She couldn't bear to eat the remaining few bags, so she hid them inside the pig that Deng Tuanyuan had given her. Ordinary people wouldn't easily find them.